French Revolution Sohn

  • Palace of Versailles

    Palace of Versailles

    The palace of Versailles was the home of the King and Queen. They had lots of parties there.
  • King Louis moving to Palace of Versailles

    King Louis moving to Palace of Versailles

    He moved there from the capital of France
  • Louis and Antoinette Marriage

    Louis and Antoinette Marriage

    The marriage of King Louis and Marie Antoinette from Austria.
  • When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Was Written

    When The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Was Written

    a human civil rights document from the French Revolution.
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  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    the members of the French Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in the tennis court which had been built in 1686 for the use of the Versailles palace
  • Bastille is Stormed

    Bastille is Stormed

    Revolutionaries stormed and seized control of the medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille.
  • Women’s March on Versailles

    Women’s March on Versailles

    one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    When people were being mass executed in France during the French Revolution
  • Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.

    Napoleon launches a Coup d’Etat on the weak & corrupt Directory.

    overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor.

    Napoleon Crowns Himself Emperor.

    Napoleon declared himself as emperor of France after the government takeover.
  • Creation of the Napoleonic Code

    Creation of the Napoleonic Code

    he resulting Civil Code of France marked the first major revision and reorganization of laws since the Roman era.
  • Defeat in Russian Campaign

    Defeat in Russian Campaign

    France tried to invade Russia and were defeated due to the harsh conditions
  • Exile of Napolean

    Exile of Napolean

    Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba.
  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo

    The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium